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Puppet Princess (2000)

Directed by Hirotoshi Takaya

Animation | Action | Fantasy

Overview

Princess Rangiku lost her entire family to Lord Karimata, who invaded her home seeking her father’s life work, puppets with unique capabilities. As her duty, Rangiku sets out with three of her father’s greatest puppet warriors to seek revenge. She can manipulate these to battle the strongest of warriors, however manipulating the puppets leaves her own self vulnerable to direct attacks, so she seeks a ninja warrior named Manajiri to aid and protect her in her quest.

Length 42 minutes

Actors

Akiko Yajima | Norio Wakamoto | Kôji Nakata | Minoru Inaba | Mugihito | Takeshi Aono

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
03/01/2024TVStreamingVideo on Demand7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Looks like the studio that made NINJA SCROLL, same late nineties anime visual style. Cool story, too. I really like when puppets are used in anime (the puppet master clan in Naruto). This could’ve been a series if they wanted to milk the story. I’d watch more of it.

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